46 DISCOVERY OF A GOLD CUP IN CORNWALL. 



an oak in a barrow called Dragslioi, has been figured in the 

 Archceologiccd Journal. It has one handle ; the base is of such narrow 

 dimensions that the vessel, when filled, could scarcely preserve its 

 equilibrium, even when carefully balanced ; the under surface of 

 this foot is ornamented with six concentric circles of diminutive 

 nails or studs of tin.* It may deserve notice that in one instance 

 an armlet of gold was brought to light. These remains have been 

 assigned by Professor Worsaae to the Early Bronze Age. 



I have willingly acceded to the wish of our friend Mr. Smirke, 

 that I should aj)pend to his account of the Eillaton Treasure 

 Trove some notices of other objects which appear to present 

 features of analogy that, by comparison, may aid the investigation 

 of the period to which these and other golden relics should be as- 

 signed, especially in -regard to their occurrence with some mortuary 

 intention. We have been indebted to his kindness on a former 

 occasion for an account of golden crescent-shaped ornaments, or 

 UmulcB, found in Cornwall, four in number, resembling such as 

 have frequently occurred in Ireland.t Whilst the foregoing notes 

 have been in preparation, I have received from an obliging friend 

 at Penzance, Mr. J. T. Blight, F.S.A., whose knowledge of an- 

 tiquity has rei^eatedly aided my researches, drawings of two other 

 Cornish relics of gold, likewise of Irish types. One of these, a 

 portion of a penannular armlet, or possibly of a neck ornament, 

 was found at Tredinney in ploughing near the " vow," or subter- 

 raneous walled chamber and passages at Chapel Uny in the parish 

 of Sancreed, about two miles from Penzance ; it is preserved in 

 the Museum of the Antic|uarian Society of that town. % British 

 hut-circles and other early vestiges occur near the spot. The 

 length of this fragment of gold is about 4|- in. ; the armlet was a 

 slight round bar of gold, in part somewhat twisted, it may be in 

 the process of working it ; the extremity is gradually dilated, term- 



* See the translation, Ly Mr. Ch. Gosch, of Worsaae's memoir on the 

 Antiqitities of South Jutland, Arch. Journal, vol. xxiii, p. 32. The wooden 

 cup above noticed measures 6 in. in height ; diam. of the mouth 12 1 inches. 



t See Mr. Smirke's Memoir on the golden ornaments found near 

 Padstow, yl?-c7i. Jo?t™., vol. xxii, p. 275; Journ. Eoy. Inst. Corn., 1866, p. 

 134. 



+ Penzance Nat. Hist, and Antiqu. Soc. Iic2)orts for 1862-65, p. 38 ; an 

 account of the curious " fogou " or cave is given by Mr. Borlase with a ground 

 plan, ibid., p. 14. The gold relic was found in 1864. 



